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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Hi friends,
As you all know people from chittoor district are settled/working all over the world. Chittorians constitute a large diaspora in US & Canada.

Everything may not be green for everyone landing overseas, but those who are in a position to help can change the scenario. With the sole aim of guiding & aiding Non Resident Chittoorians and to create a platform for interaction, chittoornri's were formed under the aegis of Telugu Association of North America (TANA).

The vision of Chittoor NRIs chapter:

Provide a unique and interactive platform to share the existence and experience

Disseminate valuable suggestions, guidance and assistance in various matters of interest such as charity, business, employment, immigration etc

Encourage people to lend a helping hand to one another in needy situations

Propagate ideas, ideologies that benefit the society in general and the native land in particular

Initiate socio-cultural and charitable activities that would make the ideologies and dreams come true

They also state that this is only just beginning. We would like to extend the wings to cover the NRIs across the globe.

Upcoming Major Event:

As part of second aniversary celebrations@ TANA 2011, on July 2nd ChittoorNRIs are going to celebrate "100 years of Chittoor District" and also felicitation of followingprominent chittooreans with life time achievement award:Dr Sundar NaiduDr Choudary D Voleti

As fellow chittoreans we feel proud of all the members of ChittoorNRIs for their commendable work and also congratulate the award winners.

I also request all the members/followers of mana chittoor, especially those in other countries to vist the site www.chittoornris.org to contact the members for coordination, guidance and help if required.

Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering Technology (SVCET) Chittoor, anISO 9001 – 2000 certified institution established in the year 1998 ranked 1st among private engineering colleges in AP& 3rd among all colleges in South India.

In a comprehensive survey conducted by Business Digest, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore stands at the first position among the top 15 private Engineering Colleges in south India. R.V. college, Bangalore, Sri Venkateswara Engineering college, chittoor, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, and Chaithanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad stood at 2 to 5 positions respectively. SVCET has even outlead VIT this year

Monday, June 20, 2011

HYDERABAD: The Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department has approved up-gradation of three municipalities - Ongole, Chittoor and Khammam - one from the each region, into corporations.

The decision on up-gradation of the gram panchayats into municipalities is expected to take some time as it requires the Panchayat Raj Department to de-notify them as panchayats only if the proposals are backed by resolutions passed by the gram panchayats and supported by required documents.

As the procedures are completed and notifications are issued, 3 new municipal corporations and 8 municipalities are approved for now.

This is in addition to land allotted on 11 May. KGD Architects are undertaking the design work. They say that this 900,000 S.ft facility will be

"A self-contained medical community, the Apollo Mega Health City aims to set a benchmark in the realm of medical facilities not only in india, but worldwide. Modeled after faciilities such as Johns Hopkins, Stanford Medical University and Mayo Clinic, the Mega Health City contains various Colleges, R&D Labs, Hospitals and Housing."

Monday, June 6, 2011

Since 2008 APOLLO has been bickering about what to start in chittoor. Here is the timeline of the dilemma APOLLO is facing

18 Sep 2008:The Apollo Hospitals Group has decided to create a health knowledge city in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.-Mr Pratap C Reddy, executive chairman.

30 Jun 2010: We are in the process of setting up APOLLO REACH hospitals in Karaikudi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karimnagar and Chittoor, and plans of establishing more facilities across the country are already underway,”Dr Prathap C Reddy, chairman Apollo Hospitals

25 Dec 2010: A self-contained medical community, the Apollo Mega Health City aims to set a benchmark in the realm of medical facilities not only in india, but worldwide. Modeled after faciilities such as Johns Hopkins, Stanford Medical University and Mayo Clinic, the Mega Health City contains various Colleges, R&D Labs, Hospitals and Housing.- KGD Architecture India.

20 Jan 2011: APOLLO allotted 220 acres of land in Murukambattu by APIIC for for setting up an integrated health city with an investment of about Rs 100 crore providing employment opportunity for about 1,400 persons. It will have healthcare facility, educational and training institutes and a research centre.

28 Feb 2011:Apollo proposes to have medical colleges in Chennai, Madurai, Hyderabad and Chittoor. "We have land in all these places: - Preetha Reddy, MD of Apollo Hospitals

11 May 2011: APOLLO allotted additional 6.9 acres in murukambattu.

Now latest side step is that apollo wants medical colleges only in 3 places excluding chittoor.